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Dan Scoggin (born July 18, 1937) is a businessman and the person credited with the creation of the casual-theme restaurant industry and the founder of T.G.I. Friday's.〔"Restaurant Business", Victor Wishna, Guiding Light Magazine, February 1, 2000〕〔"(TGI Friday's Founder Adds Revitalizing Darryl's To His Menu )", Jerry Jackson, The Sentinel Staff, October 4, 1999〕〔"(The Case of the Entrepreneurial Arsonist )", Steven Berglas, Inc.com Magazine, December 1, 1996〕 ==Biography== Born July 18, 1937, Scoggin graduated from San Jose State University and began his career in 1960 with the Boise Cascade Corporation. Boise Cascade Corporation promoted him to District Sales Manager in 1963, Plant Manager in 1964 and General Manager in 1965. By 1967, he was the Southern Area Manager in charge of half of Boise Cascade's box production for the U.S. After leaving Boise Cascade in 1971 he founded T.G.I. Friday's, Inc. in Dallas, Texas. Eight additional restaurant locations were licensed from Alan Stillman, founder of Smith & Wollensky. The first restaurant was located on Greenville Avenue in Dallas and heralded in the Singles Era as well as the casual dining theme restaurant industry. Scoggin took the company public in 1983. By 1986, there were 103 U.S. locations (with 20 under construction) one international location, licensed to Whitbread (Birmingham, England) as well as 27 Dalt's restaurants. Scoggin retired in 1986 to sail the oceans with his family.〔Boise Cascade, "Growth Environment For Shirtsleeve Managers", 1968.〕〔"Handbook of Marketing Research Methodologies for Hospitality and Tourism", Dr. Ronald A. Nykiel, 2007〕 After returning from sailing and having been on the board since 1991 Scoggin was named president of Ground Round/Gold Fork in 1995. Ground Round/Gold Fork saw a stabilization of the company's identity as well as menu enhancements from a 60-item menu to a 200-item menu. Highlights of the Ground Round turnaround included: enhanced employee training, improved management-employee communications, increased margins from 12% to 20% profit, doubled restaurant productivity and reduced the company's debt by $30M. Five new Gold Fork restaurants were created and sales increased from $5,000 per week to $50,000 per week at a single location. In 1998 a venture capital group led by Scoggin purchased Houlihan's Restaurant Group. The Houlihan's Restaurant Group includes: Devon's Seafood Grill, Darryl's and J. Gilbert's Wood-Fired Steaks & Seafood. These new restaurant concepts developed by Scoggin are still doing well today. Scoggin retired in 2000.〔Prewitt, Milford, "Scoggin to acquire former competitor, Houlihan's", Nation's Restaurant News, May 11, 1998, Volume 32, Issue 19, Page 1〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel R. Scoggin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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